Package: rlwrap
Version: 0.37-3
Severity: wishlist
The conventional namespace for application-specific Perl modules
is App::⟨package name⟩::⟨module name…⟩. Moreover, the
conventional directory for Perl modules is /usr/share/perl5, and
indeed, – it’s already in @INC, while /usr/share/rlwrap isn’t.
Therefore, my suggestion would be to move RlwrapFilter.pm from
/usr/share/rlwrap to /usr/share/perl5/App/Rlwrap/Filter.pm, and
edit its ‘package’ line (as well as the filters’ ‘use’ lines)
respectively. (In order to preserve compatibility, a
“redirecting” .pm may be installed at the former location.)
This will bring the module in line with the other Perl modules
in Debian, and will allow for a Perl filter to be started with
simple ‘use App::Rlwrap::Filter;’ instead of the current form,
which explicitly the Perl module search path (as shown below.)
use lib ($ENV{RLWRAP_FILTERDIR} or ".");
use RlwrapFilter;
AIUI, the non-standard RLWRAP_FILTERDIR becomes completely
unnecessary after the change, but may be retained for
compatibility with the filters following the current convention.
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